Example sentences of "[vb base] down [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
| 2 | But for the interested amateur the travel companies offer trips which include opportunities to follow the grey whales of the San Ignacio Lagoon , view tigers in India , search for orchids and birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea , or track down the gorillas in the Mountains of the Moon . |
| 3 | Apply cuticle remover all round the nail and gently push down the cuticles with a rubber-tipped hoof stick , a cotton bud , or cotton wool wrapped round an orange stick . |
| 4 | Once spinning , they are difficult to stop , and they flash down the slopes in a series of great leaps and bounds , making a loud whirring noise , and travel sometimes for hundreds of metres . |
| 5 | When planning how to use the motif on your garment , you centralise the repeat down the centre-line of each garment piece , either with the row of diamonds or , as in the T-shirt version , down the centre of the large tile . |
| 6 | Lay down a number of clubs , say four as shown ( photo above ) , at different intervals on the practice green ( first make sure you are allowed to chip onto the practice green ) . |
| 7 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 8 | If the risk-free hedge is seen to produce a greater return than the risk-free rate then arbitrage will take place as investors offer to write more calls and so bring down the price of the option . |
| 9 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 10 | There is therefore some hope that imprisoning executives might , through incapacitation and deterrence , bring down the incidence of corporate crime . |
| 11 | These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national-bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force . |
| 12 | WALES skipper Gareth Llewellyn hopes his side can reach their target of six wins out of six when they bring down the curtain on their African tour against the South African Barbarians in Windhoek today . |
| 13 | Using a small hammer and 10-mm ( ⅜-in ) nails , press down the hardboard at one end of the backing sheet and hammer a nail into the frame , then do the same at the other end of the sheet , to balance the pressure on the back . |
| 14 | But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough . |
| 15 | The following graph gives a general idea of how quickly the real value of those customers ' accounts erode if they are not collected and slip down the scale to customer 5 . |
| 16 | Vultures fly down the ceilings into the depths of the tombs . |
| 17 | As you clamber down the mountainside over the strata , the fossils suddenly disappear . |
| 18 | Labour MPs put down a motion in the House of Commons calling for the removal from office of the president of the NIRC for ‘ political prejudice and partiality ’ . |
| 19 | In 1815 the authorities put down a rebellion by landless Dutch-speaking colonials and mismanaged the execution of convicted ringleaders . |
| 20 | Well , then how do you explain the night I put down a copy of Viz , turned on the telly , and settled in for what I thought would be a programme of smart , irreverent comedy ? |
| 21 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 22 | We just put down the size of the ad the advertiser the practice the town . |
| 23 | When O put down the phone at the end of this first call , he did not know how to say goodbye to Boy ; he did not know what name to use . |
| 24 | If you , if you put down the letter for people like this , sort of , I would of done one of two things , I 'd would get really nark about that and the way they give you what you want |
| 25 | Gabriel blushed violently and felt the sweat spring through his palms and trickle down the hilt of his tin sword . |
| 26 | Drops of water trickle down the panes of glass . |
| 27 | When the island was about a hundred metres over my head , they let down a seat on a chain . |
| 28 | However the emergence of anti-heroes like Billy Bunter , the demotion of romance to children 's literature , are obvious consequences of the Western world 's fifteen-hundred-year long climb down the ladder of literary modes . |
| 29 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 30 | Jump onto the lift to your right , then on the second lift , and finally onto a platform ( watch out for the bare wires ) , climb down the site of this second building if you wish to collect a couple of records , but it 's quicker and safer to climb up the purple wall above you and climb the four ladders , grab the crate and jump onto the platform on your left , kill the mugger , climb the ladder and grab another crate , climb another ladder , then another kill the workman in the process , run across to the right , jump before you touch the wire and you should land on the next platform . |